Time-recorder.



J. MORRISON.

TIME RECORDER.

nrucuzon FILED JULY 30, 1909.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

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J. MORRISON.

TIME RECORDER. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 30, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PALIENT OFFICE.

JAMES MORRISON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI TIME RE-CORDER COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TIME-RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES MORRISON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Recorders, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to that class of workmens time recorders in whichthere is recorded on a card given him for that purpose, the time ofentering and leaving his place of work.

The object of my present invention is to simplify the present mechanismemployed for such time recorders, and to so arrange the parts that thereshall be very little like lihood of their breaking down and getting outof order.

The special object of my construction is to avoid the employment of thevarious automatically acting parts which are so frequently adopted, andwhich are so frequently the cause of trouble, but while leaving theshifting of the levers to the workman himself, I provide for anoperation which the most ignorant of workmen cannot fail to understandand perform.

My improvements are embodied in that certain novel construction andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter particularly pointed out andclaimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a front elevation of my improved machinewith the front casing removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.Fig. 8 is a detail cross section considerably enlarged, taken on thelines 3, 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar cross section taken on thelines 4, 4 of Fig. 2.

1 represents a portion of the casing in which the machine is inclosed,and in this casing is mounted a suitable framework 2 for supporting theoperating parts.

3 represents as a whole the usual series of type carrying wheels forprinting the desired record on the record strip or workmens card, andthese wheels are actuated in the usual way by means of the connectingrod 5 which connects the wheels with the clock mechanism not shown.Mounted immediately in front of the type wheels by the lugs 6, 6 looselysecured on the shaft 7, mounted in the framework transversely of theface of the machine is the usual card receiver 8. This card receiver isprovided with the usual flaring mouth for the reception of the card, andthe depending lateral guides 9, 9 and the entire card receiver isarranged to be shifted laterally on the rod 7 to present the cardtherein to the proper set of type carrying wheels to give the proper outand in record. The card is supported in the card receiver by an abutmentplate 10, which is arranged to be shifted vertically as will behereinafter described, to change the vertical position of the card foreach record and for the record from day to day.

12, 13 are a pair of pulleys supported on spindles 14, 14 in theframework, and on these pulleys an endless inking ribbon 11 is mounted,the web on one side being interposed between the card in the cardreceiver, and the type wheels, and 15 is the printing platen or hammermounted on an arm or plate 16, secured centrally to the rock shaft 17,mounted in suitable bearings in the framework. At one end this rockshaft carries the pawl 18 which is engaged by a pin 19 on an operatinglever 20, pivotally mounted at 21 in the case. Vhen this lever isdepressed, the engagement of the pin 19 with the pawl 18 rocks the shaft17, and carries the hammer away from the inking ribbon until the pawlpasses the pin, and thereupon the rock shaft 17 and printing platen isreturned to its normal position by a coiled spring not shown, connectingan arm of the shaft with the framework. The lever 20 is returned to itsnormal position by the spring Pivotally mounted on the rock shaft 17 isa slotted plate 24 which carries at its outer end a spring pawl 25,which engages a ratchet wheel 26 on the ink ribbon pulley 12. 28 is apin projecting laterally from the lever 20 which engages in the slot 29in the plate 24 so that with each actuation of the lever 20, the pulley12 will be rotated to shift the inking ribbon. I have found that thisconstruction of an endless inking ribbon is much preferable to themechanism usually provided, in which the inking ribbon is carried fromend to end and requires that the actuating mechanism should be shiftedto change the direction of the movement of the ribbon. It frequentlyhappens that this change is neglected, and with the ribbon stationary,after a few imprints are taken, the

ink is soon exhausted, while with my construction the ribbon is alwaysmoved in the same direction, and this ditliculty cannot arise.

The abutment plate 10 which supports the card in the proper position iscarried by the plate 30, which is mounted on the cross plate 31 securedto the lower end of two vertical rods 32, 32. Upon the upper end ofthese rods 32, 32 is secured the forwardly projecting plate 33, thefront end of which is provided with asegmental slot 34-, through whichprojects the pin 35 on the collar 36, and by which connection the plateis coupled to the collar. This collar 36 is loosely mounted on thevertical rod 37 and the collar is raised and lowered by a shifting lever38, which projects through a vertically slotted and laterally notchedcurved indicator plate 39, fixed to the front of the case. Immediatelybehind this fixed indicator plate is a similarly curved rocking platel0, which carries, at top and bottom, horizontal inwardly projectingarms ll, 42, and these arms are pivotally mounted on the vertical rod37.

The curved plate 4-0 is provided with a narrow vertical slot 4E3,through which projects the shifting lever 38, so that with the movementof this lever from side to side the locking plate 40 will be rocked onthe shaft 37, and with it the arms 41, 42. The inner end of the arm Allcarries the depending rod tet. which, in turn, carries on its lower enda bifurcated connecting piece 5, which is pivotally secured at L6 to alug on the card receiver 8.

It will be evident from this construction that as the shifting lever 38is shifted from side to side to engage the lateral notches 47, that thecard receiver will be shifted laterally to present the card to the typewheels in the proper position, and it will be also evident that as theshifting lever is raised or lowered from notch to notch in the verticalslot 48, that the abutment plate 10 will be correspondingly raised andlowered. The rods 32, 32 pass through suitable openings in theframework, so that in the shifting of the lever from side to side theabutment plate will not be rocked.

In order that the shifting lever shall be locked against any movementexcept when the recorder is to be used, I provide a catch for therocking plate 40. Pivotally mounted in the lug 50 on the framework isthe lever 51, the inner end of which engages a spring pressed pin 52which normally engages on either side of the projection (33 of the arm42, so that when the shifting lever is in engagement with any indicatingnotch the lever is locked until released by depressing the lever 51.This lever 51 may extend. out in front of the case so to be operated bythe workmen, or it may be covered up and inaccessible except to theforeman or other otlicer who, with a separate key, may unlock thisportion of the case and gain access to the locking device.

Inasmuch as the supporting plate {ll for the abutment plate ispreferably light to reduce the weight, any workman applying too muchpressure on the card inserted in the card receiver might depress theabutment plate. To prevent this and maintain rigidity for the abutmentplate. I provide the depending guides of the card receiver with a pairof notched plates 53, 53. The lateral notches in these plates correspondto the lateral notches in the indicator plate 39, and as the cardreceiver is shifted from side to side the proper notch will be broughtinto engagement with the side edge of the abutment plate, and theabutment plate will be held rigidly in position.

The operation of my improved machine will be evident from the foregoingdescription.

The cards for the workmen are made up in any desired way, either withmorning records in one column and the afternoon records in another, orwith the in records in one column and the out records in another column.The type wheels only print the time and the shifting of the card in. thecard receiver either laterally or vertically is merely to locate therecord properly on the face of the card.

In the construction illustrated the lateral notches on one siderepresent the morning records, and on the other side the afternoonrecords. The notches are provided for the ins and outs for each day, andthe machine is arranged as illustrated for a weeks use of the card. Thelatch 51 being depressed either by the workmen or by the foreman orother otiicer, the first workman places the shifting lever in the firstin notch for the proper day of the week. Then he passes his card intothe card receiver and for the first day the abutment lever will beraised to its top position. The workman then depresses the lever 20 toprint on the *ard the proper record of the time. All the other workmenfollow and merely pass their cards into the card receiver and depressthe lever 20 for the record. The first man out moves the shifting leverinto the first out position and proceeds as before, while the first manin after the intermission moves the shifting lever into the second innotch. The first man out in the evening shifts the lever to the secondout notch and there the lever remains until the next day, when the firstman in carries the lever into the in position for the second day.

lVith my construction in which the shifting lever operates both the cardreceiver and the abutment plate, it is just as simple a matter to changethe position of the card for the consecutive days as it is to changeltlt) from in to out and in this way I am able to provide an exceedinglysimple and perfectly operating machine with a minimum number of parts.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a time recorder, a card receiver and an abutment plate, eachadapted to be shifted to locate the registration position properly onthe card, with a shifting lever under control. of the operator and meanscoupling said lever to the card receiver and to the abutment plate,whereby both operations may be performed by the single lever.

2. In a time recorder, a card receiver and an abutment plate eachadapted to be shifted to locate the registration position properly onthe card, with a shifting lever under control of the operator and meanscoupling said lever to the card receiver and to the abutment plate,whereby both operations may be performed by the single lever, with alatch to lock the lever from actuation until released.

In a time recorder, a card receiver adapted to be shifted laterally andan abutment plate forming an end support for the card, adapted to beshifted vertically, a shifting lever and means coupling said lever tothe card receiver and to the abutment plate, an indicating plate withvertical slot through which said lever projects, said plate beingprovided with lateral notches at each side of the slot to receive thelever and determine the lateral and vertical position of the card in thereceiver.

4. In a time recorder, a card receiver adapted to be shifted laterallyand an abutment plate forming an end support for the card adapted to beshifted vertically, a shifting lever and means coupling said lever tothe card receiver and to the abutment plate, an indicating plate withvertical slot through which said lever projects, said plate beingprovided with lateral notches at each side of the slot to receive thelever and determine the lateral and vertical position of the card in thereceiver, and said card receiver being provided with a correspondingseries of lateral notches to support the abutment plate when the cardreceiver is shifted into position to receive the card.

5. In a time recorder, a laterally shiftable 3 card receiver and avertically shiftable abutment plate, a shifting lever directly connectedto the abutment plate to raise and lower the same, a vertical rockingplate directly connected to the card receiver, with a vertical slottherein through which the shifting lever passes, whereby a singlemovement of the lever will actuate both card receiver and abutmentplate.

6. In a time recorder, a laterally shiftable card receiver and avertically shiftable abutment plate, a shifting lever directly connectedto the abutment plate to raise and lower the same, a vertical rockingplate directly connected to the card receiver, with a vertical slottherein through which the shifting lever passes, whereby a singlemovement of the lever will actuate both card receiver and abutmentplate, and a latch to engage the rocking plate and lock the shiftinglever from operation.

JAMES MORRISON.

lVitnesses Bnssm A. BEALL, ROBERT P. I'IARGITT.

